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Record 13561

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'All the reading up is Macaulay, p.530 to 535 and then p. 616 to 630'. [The context of the reference suggests the text is Macaulay's History of England. RLS has been referring to pages 530-535, and 616-630 in his research for the play he is writing entitled Monmouth.
Century: 1850-1899
Date: 17 Apr 1868
Country: Scotland/England
Time: n/a
Place: city: Edinburgh
   
Type of Experience (Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Type of Experience (Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Reader/Listener/Reading Group:

Reader:Robert Louis Stevenson
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 13 Nov 1850
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: student
Religion: Church of Scotland
Country of origin: Scotland
Country of experience: Scotland/England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
Letter to Bob Stevenson.
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Thomas Babington Macaulay
Title: The History of England
Genre: History
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: 1848-1855
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 13561  
Source - Print  
  Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
  Editor: Bradford Booth
  Title: The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson
  Place of Publication: New Haven and London
  Date of Publication: 1994
  Vol: 1
  Page: 126
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Robert Louis Stevenson, Bradford Booth (ed.), The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson (New Haven and London, 1994), 1, p. 126, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=13561, accessed: 18 April 2024

Additional comments:

The context of the reference suggests the text is Macaulay's History of England. RLS has been referring to pages 530-535, and 616-630 in his research for the play he is writing entitled Monmouth.

 

 

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